Manifolding device



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the patent to Shoup' and Oliver, l-lo.'1,396,(i'70, No-

' device having 'the strips are engaged and fed at is continuous until one until the nextset of-,=feed-arresting, form-.regisq the pressure disks. To re- Patented July 1, 19 41 {UNITED STATE 2,241,912 mmrommo DEVICE Arthur A.

' Autographic Johnson, and

geport, Coma, Register Company, Hoboken,

assignor to N. J

1 a corporation of New Jersey I Application April 20, 1938, Serial No. 203,008 24 Claims. (01. 191-133) to manifolding devices,

to improvements plurality of superposed of paper as in a typewriter.-

This invention relates and, more particularly, mechanisms for feeding a continuous strips Heretofore it was proposed to provide the conwith physical alterations, usually tinuous strips in the form of apertures, which, in cooperation with the feeding disks, would cause the feeding operation of each individual strip tocease when the feeding disk entered the aperture therein. This not only caused the strips to stopfeeding, but also permitted them to move into alignment with each other either by the tendency of the may be accomplished in feeding disk engaging the margin of the aperture to advance the strip, or by reason sion being made'in the pileof strips Such a feed is for causing disclosed in vember 8, 1921. v

It has been Proposed more recently to feed a pile of continuous record strips with and around the platen of -a typewriting machine by a feeding these characteristics. 1

in which the feed- Withthese prior proposals ing means operates'idly while are .in their apertures, when the paper strips'are thereby stopped and aligned, some operation (usually manually) whereby unapertured For this purpose, such machines are usuallyprovidedwith a starting device, usually in the form of an auxiliary feed roller, normally out of operation but brought'into operation when; desired and engaging" the paper strips at a point offset from the apertures;

when superposed paperx'strips vhaving:deed-arresting, form-aegis must be performed portions thereof in a manifolding'register, the. feeding operation form-length is fed, 1-. e.,,

tering apertures reach start the strips under such conditions-l; have provided, as in my Patent No. 1,815,063, granted July 21, 1931, an automatic startingdevice which be-- comes capable of restarting the paper within a predeterminedoperation has ceased, thereby eliminating 1 the necessity of the operator performing- ;anyamanu ai. ;-op on t c u ehe paper t r t txupon t next operation ofthe feeding 1 when e .lnsper; i t i srfeeds r e e i e rtu i ico e a incpr 1. t writs 'h we the feeding mechanism, being intermittently opsure disks or employedina erated fspace ,linesby-rl lie. cannot of some provithe feeding disks g'apertures-iareremployed I,

Such remote control time afterthe continuous, feeding for the paper strips to be .ment of the entered the apertures.

It is an object of this invention to automatically restart the feeding of the paper strips, or at least to place the mechanism in. position to restart even though the feeding mechanism is operated intermittently.

In the broader aspects of this invention, this various ways. In the form of the invention herein disclosed, this is done by initiating the operation nism as a result of the cessation of advancing movement of the paper strips, and the arrangement is preferably such that, after the strips have stopped, a predetermined number of idle operations of the feeding means occurs before the. operation of the starting mechanism is initiated and the paper'restarted 'so as to give an opportunity brought into. registrathe present invention, because the J idle operations are limited and definite in number, it

self-stopping andaligning frictionally fed superposed strips in a remotely controlled device, as in without the supervision of an operator and en- 'should'be advanced in synchronism.

-; Such devices are, operated at the receiving end th ir aut mati a l ;.anqhsucei iiths,tssisrt s m chanism-Marmo u mati'ia gq j m a cor-dim;-v to a pred tsrm i P v l" tageous feed mechanism, could; not-gb employed; cially whe r ting, n printed p pe s rips; have heretofore.

in: feeding ;means comprising pin wheels engaging longitudinal 'rows of ,aperturgsin'thelpaper strip -g i o al! ams 11 p rw t tm ms mea s I automatically starting the,feedingiop eration of The. prese tfinventiom; forv the mere: w mp m whe h s r s wr a radst s sii i mbsm i enemas i-t w qq iharm en an i s wsof pinholes h 1 fa ff'eelerl roller here p o m obvi tes w rotate when of the starting mecha-.

is possible to employ thein -which the'paper a m ch e esp ".p v a w h o i e s i' f brl ei d-a re ti z. ter

main stationary when the paper ceases to advance. This feeler roller is so organized and mechanically related to one or both feeding disks,

feeding disk reestablish their normal relation and continue to rotate coordinately until the paper strips again stop.

With this kind of device, no change need be made in the mechanism of the device to accommodate it to forms of different length, and any machine may handle forms of any length.

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the drawings which show by way of exam ple several forms of this invention- Figure 1 shows a longitudinal sectional view of the feeding mechanism.

Fig. 2 shows a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 shows a detailed plan view of the feeding mechanism being partly in section.

Fig. .4 shows a detailed plan view of the feeding mechanism, a part of which is broken away.

Fig. 5 shows a detail front elevation of the detent release means.

Fig. 6 is a view taken along line 66 of Fig. 3 and shows a detail view of the detent in stopped relation with the notch of the starter roller.

Fig. 7 is a detail view taken along the line 1-1 of Fig. 4, showing the detent raised from the notch in the starter roller.

Fig. 8 is similar to Fig. 7, showing the detent resting on the contacting surface of the starter roller during rotation thereof.

Fig. 9 shows a longitudinal section through the feeding means 01' another form of the invention.

Fig. 10 shows in Fig. 9.

The present invention is illustrated as adapted to the invention described in copending application Serial No. 187,044, which discloses means for feeding and maintaining. registration 01' manifolding strips when used in a typewriting machine.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, the invention is applied to a front-strike typewriting machine having a cylindrical platen l0 mounted in a carriage frame II. The usual feed rollers 12, which are adapted to press worksheet strips against the platen, are dropped in inoperative position when the device of the present invention is used. The platen is rotated lineby-line by a line spacing a ratchet wheel l3 mounted on the shaft l4 carrying the platen and is rotatably mounted in the carriage frame II.

Paper sheets or strips are guided to the platen by a paper table l5. An apron l6, disposed adjacent the platen, causes the paper to follow the curvature of the platen and lie close thereto atthe line of writing H where type bars I 8 strike upon the platen.

The machine has a bail including side arms 2| whichusually supports auxiliary presser rollers engaging the work in advance of the writing line. The arms are locked down by latches 22 pivoted at 23 on the carriage. The feeding mechanism of the present invention is mounted on the bail in place on the auxiliary roller.

a plan view of the device shown I the paper tends to ticns and relieve the mechanism including will rotate the feed The manifolding material used with the present invention comprises a plurality of record strips 24 having forms 25 printed thereon and having interleaved therewith transfer strips or continuous carbon sheets. The strips are pro.- vided with transverse lines of weakness 2! wherey the strips of the pile .can be severed to form sheet lengths.

The pile of strips may be held together in registration by a staple 28 disposed preferably on each weakened tear line 21.

As described in said copending application, creep when being moved around the curved platen, and, to avoid the accumulating of the creep, the pile is provided with physical alterations, and feeding means, which are relatively narrow disks or rollers, are adapted to enter the aperture or physical alterapile of .strips of the feeding pressure so that the creep accumulated therein can be dissipated.

The physical alterations may be of any shape. In the illustrated form, however, they are made as notches 3t disposed in pairs along the lateral margins of the pile. The pile of strips is advanced by a pair of feeding disks 32a, 32b engaging the pile, one at each side of the machine, and located in longitudinal alignment with .the notches 3|. The feeding disks may be of any suitable material capable of frictionally feeding the strips and are carried by a rod 33 mounted in a pair of at 35 on the arms 2| iliary roller rod. The

in place of the usual auxrod is secured against rotation by screws 33a threaded through the arms' into the ends thereof, see Fig. 3.

The arms 34 extend rearwardly and are provided with springs 36 connected to a bar 37 on the machine so that the rollers are yieldingly pressed against the platen and the pile of papers carried thereby.

To keep the bail arms 2! from rising as a. re sult of the pressure of the rollers 32a, 32b against the platen, they are provided with a pin 38 engaging a notch in the locking arms 22 referred to above.

After the manifolding pile has been fed around -the platen and under the pressure disks 32a,

3%, the rotar movement of the platen will cause the pile of strips to advance line-by-line with the platen until notches ll reach the bite of the rollers 32a, 32b, at which time the rollers enter the notches and relieve the pile of strips from feeding pressure. The strips are thus enabled to shift to relieve the bunch formed therein.

In this position, the movement of the platen rollers but will not, of course, advance the strips.

To insure against the platen inadvertently advancing the pile of strips while the disks'fla, 32b are located in the notches II, a' drag plate 3! is located between the platen and the pile of not advance the stri carried on the pins 38 of plate '30 is provided with Inasmuch as the feed means inoperative at each form-length interval, some arms 34 which are pivoted e anew h 3 a i flib y e r nsfth a p i'iSedJi Usuallyj an, operator' applies suiljlcient 5 2 to regulate the friction drive. Th when the manualpressure', as with her l flngenfon the pile feed roller-rotates with the platen, the starter at a pointer engagementwith the pi ten whereby roller will tendv to rotate therewith.

'theoperation of the platen willfcarry the pile a- 5 'However, during theieeding of a form, the sufficient distance for the rollers 120.,321; to again starter roller is held against such rotation until engage the pilefandfirictionally ffeed'thje pile such "time as it should operate to restart the anotherfform'lengthljfl' f strips.-' The starting mechanism is then ren- The frictional feedbf'thepriortype could not jde'red operative to move the strips a sufllcient be used" with], machines operating at; remote l0 distanceto enablethe rollers Ila, 32b to engage pointswithoutfthe'"supervision of an operator, the edges'ofthe' strip and again resume the ad- .as in the Teletypefniachineg' An object of the varicement of" the strips.

present inventionis tof.,1ove'rcdrne1 this difliculty The starter roller" can be held against rotating and, this is done by providing meansior autowith the feed roller by any desired means. In mai call'y restarting the' 'feediing operations after the preferredform oi the invention, the contacta predeterminednumber of idle feeding operaing surfaces a, D are cut away as shown in tions have been 'pferfornried. will J enable Figs."6 to 8 at 54 and to form opposed flat the operator at 'th sending, end to automatically sides provided with notches to be engaged by a ed m gfie be the spring can be adjusted by moving the collar restart thefeed means of thereceivingmachine detent. -When the starting roller is engaged by v throughp- .predterrninedinuniber of Operations 20 t e de n of the f surfaces wi ys f of the line spacing rne anism, corresponding to be o'ppos'ite the platen, and, therefore, spaced the nu b r tifj i d le operations rj the line spacing therefrom and out o1? engagement with the strips. 'mechanism'at'the'fsending in chinejwhichit' i Thecontactingsurface extending between these necessary tofperfor star the fpe er at'the "notches-is "ofsufllcient length to feed the strip sender T w g to that pointwher'e the'feedrollers will 'again en- The restarting efi's trips-in =one-hali revolution of the in vention iutilize zthe-s eiph ii afmec ams t0 t'et h A H securedibetween the free ends of "thearnis' 3! as shown 'in Fig. 3 and riveted in plac This 91 teas positioned so as to be paral- -'-'1e1 with he -rodmiiand"carries the detent mech- H d bracket ifrl'is' secured to the transte n a det'entjl is mounted thereon q "attend mt engagement with the' notches n he ontaeting rfacesj-herein shown as enrace a, The detent is pro- "n pex iing to receive a pivot pin b' cketff'lhe opening is larger t the detent is capable of nt asweil as pivotal move- ;L'Qshape'd spring ii has bracket 51 and the other ses a mechanism which ined ona hub 61. The hub is thettanis verse plate N by a the arm extends tuate the detent. As tlie arrn' 65 extends I thedetent and into a I'Iin 'tuacllret {Q1 -which forms a 56 is pivoted to the T-shapeozilever II which th transverse plate by' a screw 2' ntheili shaped lever exbe' engaged by a trip "'f the, T-shaped lever roller zisimounted thereo a ointspa cedfromtheinotches --0 Miacollar 50 andgis heldathereaga ns. -5l surroundingqzthe-sleevefandidisposed a thenthereridrthereoi. ij-

' WQneTendYoithespringlcontacts a olla fl-ad- T iii? 8} justably-secured-to the sleeve andthe other-end; W111? .i QQW presses a friction washer l8 or the like against and the lever I2 is in position to be actuated by .e se plate.

"anis'n i for r training rotation of the starter n the detent and norfor that end ofthe lever and guides it in leaf spring 15 secured th ac'tuator'to' a position the end at the starter roller. The pressure of the trip device. A stop pin 11, mounted on plate starter roller.

56 and engaging lever 69, limits movement of the actuator under influence of spring 15 and determines these positions. 7

The actuator for releasing the detent can be operated in many ways to release the starter roller when it is desired to again render the feeding means operative.

In the present preferred form of the invention, the detent is released, through the control of a suitable feeler mechanism which engages the paper, in response to cessation of the advance of the paper during feeding operations of the platen. This will insure that'the starting means will not be operated during the normal intermittent operation of the advancing means, but will operate only at form-length intervals when the feeding means is inoperative to feed the strip.

This control is accomplished in the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2 by having the feed roller 32!) formed with an outwardly A extending hub 80 provided along its edge with a plurality of cammin'g surfaces 8|. In the preferred form of the invention, the cams are spaced around the hub at line space intervals.

A feeler sleeve 82 is loosely mounted on the stationary rod 33 and extends into a recess 83 formed in the end of the hub. The sleeve is provided at one end with a projection 82a carrying aisoft rubber roller 84 which is adapted to engage the strip and be driven thereby so as to-- rotate the sleeve when the strip is advanced. A

trip device, having a sleeve 85 withan integral collar 88, is mounted to slide longitudinally of the sleeve 82 with the end oi thesleeve 1! also entering the recess in the hub. The sleeve II is provided with a cam follower" whichis held in engagement with the cams. by means of aspring 88 interposed between. the collar N'- of the trip anism for the detent is inoperative to release the latter during normal advancing of the strip. The feed rollers will advance the strip line-by-line and the feelerroller, which is driven by the advancing paper, will, of course, rotate simultaneously with the feed roller. v When the feed roller engages the feedv arresting notch in the paper, the strip will not be advanced even though the feed rollers are rotated by the feeding means. The feeler roller, being driven by the paper, will not rotate. Further operations of the feeding means, while in inoperative advancing relation with the strip, will cause the feed rollers to rotate while the feeler roller remains stationary.

According to the present invention, the rela tive rotation between these elements is used to release the starting mechanism. During the initial rotation of the feed roller 32b in inoperative advancing relation with the strip, the hub 80, rotated thereby, will cause the cam formed thereon to rotate with respect to the follower on the sleeve which is held against rotation by the feeler roller engaging the stationary strip. The cam will shift the trip device against the action of thespring 88 and into engagement with lever 12 of, the actuating mechanism. for the detent.

7 Movement of the arm 12 to the right, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, will cause the lever arm 65 to engage the front edge of the 'o' ning 63 and raise the detent about thepivot i out of engagement with the notch, so that further operations of the feeding means will cause'the starter roller to be rotated and engage the strips to advance them as shown in Fig. 8.

. As shown 'in Fig. '7, the detent, upon being released, is also bodily moved forward and held device and .the projection 02a onthe end of the feeler sleeve. The cami'ollower has a projection 89 which extends into aslot SI formed in the feeler sleeve to prevent relative rotation of thewhile permitting longitherealong. A pair of.

trip device .on the sleeve tudinal sliding action collars 9|, 92, secured to the rod "by set" screws, hold the assembly in adiustedlposition on the rod.

The collar of the trip device is provided with a: serrated edge I! which is adapted to positively engage the lever II of the when the follower rideslup on1 the"ca'mming.sur-

faces. The follower, as shown in Figs.- 3' and 4, flat side lla which enables itdeepposition. with respect is provided with a to quickly move intoto the camming surfaceafter the: trip device has moved the actuator tothe detent fromthe Inasmuch as the position oi'theirodfl carryi'ng the feed rollers and the feeler roller isidetermined. by the feed rollers, the ieeier'rollermust be ableto shift to accommodate: for movement-lot the.

when it enters the'not'chesin-thepapersnd when it raises out of the: surface of the paper.

As isshown in Fig. 3. thesi'eevellicarrying; the feeler roller has a bore: 826 to permit it to move vertiesllyrelativeto the? rodv notches: to on the 33. This enables the feeler roller?toot-all engage the paper to be driven therebyi.

The soft rubber of the feeler. roller: alsoi'as sists in maintaining the drive: between: the: and feeler roller for slight movementmoi'the: rod.

In operation, the detent normally engages the notch in the starter. rollers and prevents: it:

from rotating with the: sleeve: and its con a feeler nected feed roller (Fig, a; Theactuatingmeeh w form at the invention in this position so that it cannot engage the notch in the starter roller the latter has completed stopping apertures from under the feed rollers whereupon the feed rollers again resume'feed of! the strip until the next set of stopping apertures are positioned under the feeding rollers.

Itwill be seen that the starter mechanism is automatically thrown into action, by a predetermined operation of the feeding mechanism after it has been made inoperative to advance the strips, to the feed of the strips without an operator being present. I

In some instances, the pressure of the feeler roller resting on the paper, at it passes over the platen, may be suiilcient to advance the strips platen even though the feed rollers are the notches in the form. In the shown in Figs. 9 and 10, is avoided by disposing the feeler that it engages the paper to be driven this difllculty roller so thereby at a point remote from the platen.

In this form of the invention, an arm II is disposed between the collar 82 andthe projection "a on: the of the sleeve 82. 'The arm is pivotally'moimted on the rod and has-at its outer roller 04' rotatably will carry the feeler roller so engages the advancing strips and is ro- The-feeler-rollerhasagear ll gearedi thrmigh an intermedistejgear ll carried y he to the teeler'roller 'to be rotated J is now free to turn with sleeve thereby. The feeler paper at a point spaced from the platen and will operation of between the hub I ated to release the detent from feeler roller to engage strip has advanced a predetermined become effective 7 a number" of ineffective operations of the feeding roller will now engage the be driven by the advancing paper which, through the gearing arrangement, will rotate the sleeve 82 as the paper is advanced. The gearing is such that the sleeve 82 will be rotated in unison with the feed rollers during an advancing operation.

when the feed rollers engage the notches so that the advance of the paper is arrested, the feeler roller willno longer the feed rollers in inoperative advancing position will cause relative movement 80 and sleeve 82 and associated trip device will be operthe notch in the starter roller as in the previously described form of the invention to automatically render the feed means operative again to feed the strips.

In order to insure that the feeler roller will be driven by the paper, a supporting roller 99 is mounted on a rod I on a projection of the arms 34' so as to be disposed beneath the paper. The weight of the pivoted arm will cause the the paper and press it against the supporting roller. This will insure a satisfactory driving engagement between the strip and the feeler roller.

'Variations and modifications may be -made within the scope of this invention and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Iclaim:

1. In a manifolding device having a platen elements, whereby the over which a continuous strip is advanced; interfeeding means coacting with v mittently operating the strip to advance the strip line-by-line; said means becoming temporarily ineffective to con-1 tinue to advance the strip after the-striphas advanced a predetermined amountyand means automatically .made operative for causing said feeding means to resume strip'advancementafter predeter ed ineffective operations-of ps'aid feedingmeans. I

2. In a manifolding device shaving-a platen over which a strip is advanced; feedingimeans for advancing the strip a predetermined length, said feeding means'becoming temporarily in-.- effectiveto continue to advance the strip after the strip I has advanced said predetermined be driven. Continued said means becoming ihae vme for c using by the advancement of the strip; strip-starting means for again making the feeding means operative for strip advancement; and means for rendering the starting means operative, said means being actuated by the difierential movement between the feeler mechanism and the feed rollers during a predetermined number of operations of the feeding means, when the latteris in inoperative advancing relation with the strip.

5. In a ma'nifolding machine having an intermittently operated platen over which a plurality of strips having feed-arresting, form-registering apertures therein are advanced line-by-line; feeding means for advancing the strips, comprising means operative upon the material of the strip to effect feed and which, upon engaging the apertures in the strips, becomes inoperative to continue the advancement; strip-starting means for again making the feedingmeans operative for strip advancement; and means for causing the starting means to become operative during a predetermined number of operations of said feeding means when the latter is in inoperative advancing relation with the strip.

6. In a ,manifolding machine having a platen over which a strip is advanced; feeding means for advancing the strip apredetermined length, said feeding means becoming temporarily ineffective the strip after the strip to continue toadvance has been advanced a predetermined length; starting meansfor causing the feeding means to again become effective v for strip advancement; and means initiated by relative movement between the advancing means and the nonadvancing strip for rendering'osaid starting means operative,

7, In a manifolding machine having a platen over which a stripis advanced; feeding means for. advancing the strip a predetermined length,

temporarily ineffective to vance of the strip after the strip Iid predetermined length; means he feeding means to again become efn i e the.

7 fective for strip advancement, including a trip length; and means-automaticallymade operative said strip for causing the feeding means to again become effective for strip-advancement.

device; (and means operated 3 has. advanced said predetermined length; a

3.;In a inanifolding device having a. platen ot-r 1 which a strip is advanced intermittently operat-'- ingfeeding means for advancing the strip. lineby-line, said feeding means becbming inefiective the strip after the amount; a feeler mechanism engaging the strip so as to'be moved by the advancement of--the strip; and means-for. causing the to "continue advancement of 4. In a'manifolding mac e having an intermittently operated platen'over which'astrip hav-' is advanced line-by-line;

ing 5 apertures therein feeding means for-advancing the strip comprising rollers operative upon the mat rialof the strip to ifect feedand which, uponen'gaging apertures become inoperative to continue advaricement; a feeler mechanism including a-feeler roller adapted to engage the-strip and be rotated ing actuated by the feeding means to "again for strip advancement after a mechanism engaging the strip to be moved by the 'fadvancement ofthestrip; and means auto- ,m tically madev operative as an incident to cessation of the movement of said strip for causing thefeeding means to again become effective for stripadvancement, said last-named means between the mechamsmengaging the strip and the feeding means during a predetermined number of ineffectiveoperations of the feeding means.

1 9.;In a manifolding device having a platen over which ,a plurality of superposed strips are advanced; feeding means for j advancing the strips a predetermined length means becoming temporarily ineifectiveto continue advancement of the strips after the strips have advanced a-predetermined length; a feeler mechanism engaging the strips to be moved thereby; andmeans automatically made operative as an'incident to cessation of movement of the'strips for moving the feeding means to again become operative for strip advancement, said last-named means differential movement besaid feedingbeing actuated by a differen-' engaging in-the apertures .starting mechanism normally urged to strip and continued operation sponse to relative tial movement between the feeler mechanism and the feeding means during a predetermined movement of operations of the feeding means when the latter'is in ineffective advancing relation with the strips.

10. In a manifolding machine having a platen over which a strip having apertures therein is advanced; feeding means for advancing the strip, comprising means operative upon the material of the strip to effect feed and which, upon engaging in the apertures in the strip, becomes inoperative to continue the advancement; stripstarting meansfor again making the feeding .means operative for advancement; and means operated during cessation of movement of the strip and incident to the continued operation of the feeding means for rendering the starting means operative.

11. In a manifolding machine having a platen over which a strip having apertures therein is advanced; feeding means for advancing the strip, comprising means operative upon the material of the strip to effect feed and which, upon in the strip, becomes the advancement; a feed the strip but held against feeding movement; and

inoperative to continue means for releasing the starting mechanism as I an incident to cessation of advancement of the of the feeding means.

12. In a manifolding machine having a platen over which a plurality of superposed strips having feed-arresting, form-registering apertures therein are advanced; feeding means for advancing the strips, the material of the strip to effect feed and which, upon engaging in the apertures in the strips, becomes inoperative to continue the advancement; starting mechanism for causingthe feeding means to again become operative to advancethe strips; and means automatically controlled by movement of the. strips and incidentto the cessation of the same and continued operation of the feeding means for causing the starting means to be rendered operative.

. 13. In a manifolding machine having a platen over which a plurality of superposed strips having feed-arresting, form-registering apertures therein are advanced; feed rollers cooperating with the platen to operate on the material of the strips for advancing the strips; the advancing means becoming inoperative to continue the advancement of the strips. when engage in the apertures in the mechanism contacting the strips advancement of; the strips; for again making the advancing means operative to feed the strips; and means operated in'removementbetween the feed rollers and the feeler mechanism for rendering the starter mechanism operative.

14. In a manifolding machine having a platen over which a plurality of supe posed strips having feed-arresting, form-registering apertures the feed rollers strips; a-feeler to be moved by therein are advanced; feeding means for advanc-- ing the strips,

comprising means operative upon the material of the strip to effect feed and which. upon engaging in the apertures in the strips,

becomes inoperative to continue the advance ment; a starting roller; ing the starting roller .a trip device for retainfrom feeding the strips;

and means operable automatically during cessation of movement of the strips and incident. to continued operation of comprising means operative upon a starter mechanism the feeding means for 7 be moved by advancement of the strip and therefore be simultaneously rotated with the feed roller during strip advancement; a starter mechanism; means for holding the starter mechanism inoperative; and means interposed between the feed roller moved incident to relative movement therebe tween due to rotation of the feeding means while the feeding means is engaged in the apertures to release the holding means for the starter mech- 16. In a manifolding machine having a platen over which a strip having apertures therein is advanced; feed rollers cooperating with the platen and operative upon the material of the strip for advancing the strip until engaged in the apertures in the strip, one of said feed rollers having ahub thereon; means for supporting said feed rollers; the feed roller support and comprising a feeler roller contacting the strip to be moved by advancement of the strip and a sleeve rotated by said feeler roller and extending into cooperative relation with the hub on the feed roller; a trip mechanism carried by the sleeve and adapted to be moved by the hub upon relative rotation beand the hub; a starter mechanism for again making the advancing means operative to feed strips;

ing the starter mechanism in inoperative position, the. cessation continued operation of said feed rollers causing relative movement between the hub and sleeve,

operative upon the material of the strips for' advancing the strips untu tures I in the strips,

having a hub thereon;

engagedin' the aperone of said feed rollers 7 means for supporting said feed rollers; a feeler mechanism mounted on the feed roller support and comprising a feeler roller mounted to rotate on the support means adjacent the platen and having a sleeve secured thereto and extending into cooperative relation with the hub on the feeler roller; a trip mechanism carried by. the sleeve for relative longitudinal slid- ;5 ing movement and adapted to be urged into engagement with the hub; means mounted on the the trip mechanism to move:-

hub and eng ing the same laterally of the sleeve upon relativerotation between the sleeve and the hub a starter mechanism for again making the advancing means operative to feed strips; and means for holding the starter mechanism in inoperative position, the cessation of feeding of the strip during continued operation 'of said feed rollers the advancing means beand feeler roller and adapted to hey a feeler mechanism mounted on I and detent means for holdof feeding of the strip duringcausing relative movement betweenthe hub and.

-' strips in spaced relation by advancement of the sleeve, whereby the trip mechanism is actuated into a positionwherein it engages and moves the holding means into release position.

18. In a manifolding machine having a platen over which a plurality of superposed strips having feed-arresting apertures therein are advanced; feed rollers cooperating with the platen and operative upon the material of the strips for advancing the strips until engaged in the apertures in the strips, one of said feed rollers having a hub thereon; means for supporting the feed rollers in operative relation with the platen, a feeler mechanism mounted on the feed roller support and comprising a feeler roller contacting the to the platen to be moved .'o'ver which a strip is advanced;

the strips, and a sleeve Operatively connected to be rotated by said feeler 5 hub and sleeve, thereby actuating the trip mechawherein it engages and moves I nism into a position the detent means into release position.

-19. In a manifolding machine having a platen tive for strip advancement number of ineffective operations of the feeding I over which a plurality of superposed stripshaving feed-arresting, form-registering apertures therein are advanced; feeding means including feed rollers and operative upon the material of the strips for advancing gaged in the apertures in the strips, one of said feed rollers having a hub thereon; means for supporting said feed rollers in cooperative relation with the platen; a feeler mechanism mounted on the feed roller support comprising an arm carrying a feeler roller in spaced relation to" the platen and contacting the strips so as to be rotated by advancement of the strips, a sleeve rotatably mounted on the feed roller support and extending into cooperative relation with the hub on the feed roller, and means carried by the arm for connecting the sleeve to the feeler' roller to be rotated thereby; a trip mechanism carried by the sleeve and adapted to be moved by the hub upon relative rotation between the sleeve and the hub; a starter mechanism for again making the advancing means operative to feed strips; and detent means for holding the starter mechanism in inoperative position, the continued operation of the feed rollers during the period that it is in inoperative relation with the strips, causing relative movement between the hub and sleeve, thereby actuating thev trip mechanism into a position wherein it engages 'and moves the detent means into release position.

20. In a manifolding over which a strip is advanced;

device having a. platen intermittently the strips until enoperating means for-advancing the strip lim -byline a predetermined distance at the lirmt of which the feeding means becomes ineffective to further advance the strip and movement of the strip ceases; and means automatically made operative after a predetermined number of ineffective operations of said feeding means for causing the feeding means to again become effective for strip advancement.

21. In .a manifolding device having a platen intermittentl; operating means for advancing the strip lineby-line, said means cooperating with the strip and becoming temporarily ineffective to advance the strip after the strip has advanced a predetermined distance; and means to automatically cause the feeding means'to again become operaafter a predetermined means. v

22. In a manifolding device having a platen .over which a strip having spaced physical alterations therein is advanced; intermittently operating means cooperating with the strip for advancing the strip line-by-line, said means coacting with said physical alterations and becoming temporarily ineffective to advance the strip after the strip has advanced a suflicient distance to cause the next spaced alteration to move into cooperative relation therewith; and means for automatically causing the feeding means to again become effective for strip advancement after a predetermined number of ineffective operations of the feeding means.

23.- In a manifolding device having a platen over which a strip is advanced; intermittently operating means for advancing the strip line-byline, said means cooperating with said strip and 40 becoming temporarily ineffective to advance the strip after the strip has advanced a predetermined distance; and means automatically made, operative as an incident to cessation of movement of the strip and a predetermined number of operations of the feeding means while in ineffectual feeding relation with the strip for causing the feeding means to again become effective for strip advancement.- 1

24. In a manifolding device having a platen over which a strip having spaced physical alterations is advanced; intermittently operating means for advancing the strip line-by-line, said means coacting with said alterations and render.- ing the feeding means temporarily ineffective to advance the strip after the strip has advanced a distance sufficient to cause the next spaced aleration to be moved into cooperative relation with said means; and means automatically made operative as an incident to the cessation of movement of the strip and a predetermined number of ineffectual operations of the feeding means for causing the feeding means to again become effective for strip advancement.

1 ARTHUR A. JOHNSON. 

